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| siderable famo MS . soldier and he was left in
command Of Michigan, with headquarters ut
| Detroit In q short timo he was appointed
| Governor OF that Territory
General Cass negotiated great many import
mt treaties with tho different tribes OF Indians.
Whom he, with General Harrison, made terms
with the Indians that had been hostile TO tho
United States during the war Of 1879, II Is cst-
noted that tho number OF Indians in the Terri.
tory OF Michigan was 10000, and tho number OF
whito persons about 6O0O. Land titles we're
insecure, and ifo itself was often threatened
and taken. General Cass was Governor OF tho
Territory for eighteen years. and ho literally
lifted IL from the wilderness. He negotiated,
says blographcr, twenty-five distinct treaties,
secured the cession TO tho United States OF vast
tracts OF territory In the Northwest, instituted
surveys, constructed roads, established military
works, built lighthouses along tho shores OF tho
lakc, organized countless and, In short, set In
motion tho whole machinery OF civil govern.
mont,
In 1890 he suggested an expedition for the OK
ploration of the upper lakes and the head
waters OF tho Mississippi. Ho went with the
expedition himself and was accompanied by
Schoolcrnft and balf dozen other men OF
science. The expedition Travelled nvc thousand
miles before II returned. His &c
counts of his explorations, published in the
North american Rcri>tD in 1889, gave him
reputation as an author
When President Jackson reconstructed his
Cabinet in 1881 he made Cass Secretary of War
The Black Hawk Indian war occurred while he
was in Jackson's Cabinet. His action was Wig
orous and gave satisfaction. During the nullih
cation dificultics Cass was in cordial sympathy
with Jackson, and would have supported him in
extreme measures.
While General Cass was Secretary of War in
Jackson's Cabinet he submitted an elaborate
report to Congress urging tho construction OF
u great system OF coast defenscs and the main.
.,F f,,1 n,,a
report was widely discussed and is one OF the
most interesting documents on illc,
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There Is some doubt about the date OF the
birth Of the first white child at GAINESVILLE, but
1t is believed that James V. Gushing, whose pic
ture is presented in this article, was the
first white person born within the present lin
Its OF Muskingum County after the first settle
ment was made by McIntirc and his associates
The man of widest fame that ever claimed
GAINESVILLE for residence during any portion
of his career was Lewis Cass. He was the first
prosecuting attorney for Muskingum County
Lewis Cass was born in Exeter, N. H., October
y, lIS2, and secured u fine classical education in
the academy at that place. lie was the eldest
son OF Jonathan Cass, who was IN oGficcr in the
Continental army After the close OF the War
OF the Revolution the Cass family lived for q
time at Wilmington, Del, whore Lewis taught
school. In 1900 his fathers family moved to
Marietta, and he accompanied them.
Major Cass, his father, was given a tract of
land near GAINESVILLE by reason OF his military
services, and he moved his family to it, Lewis
remained at Marietta and read law in the oiiice
of Governor Meigs. In 1903 he was admitted TO
the Bar and commenced the practice OF his pro-
fession Mt GAINESVILLE. He speedily manifested
uncommon power rs q jurist and pleader and
his reputation In the infant State reached all
points where u settlement had been made by
white men, In 1906 he married Elizabeth
Spencer, of Virginia.
His real public career began in the Legsla.
ture. He took an active part In the proceedings
that resulted in the arrest of tho men engaged
in the Burr expedition, and framed the law that
enabled the Governor TO take the prompt meas
ures that he did
Mr.. Cass attracted the attention OF Jefferson
by the force OF the document which he drew up
expressing tho sentiment OF the Ohio Iegisla-
ture on the subject OF the Burr conspiracy. In
1907 President Jefferson appointed him Marshal
oil ONO and he held the position until 1873,
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Mr.. Cass was not only soldier and o politi-
clan; he was q statesman and man of scholar
ly instincts and training He was studious, and
was always in the advancement OF education.
In 1915 he made the address upon the occasion
OF laying the cornerstone for one Of the college
buildings al Marietta.
He was q graceful writer, and his books,
France: Its King, Court and Government
and Inquiries Concerning the History, Tradi-
tions, Language of the Indians Living Within
the United States, Sc with his political pamphlets
and addresses, make very respectable contri-
button TO our litcraturc.-FrlIlE B. Loomis in
Cincinnati Commercial Gl=stts
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Tho upshot OF the prolonged wrangle was that
when the national convention met there was no
spirit OF compromise among the friends of any
OF the avowed candidates.
Forty.eight ballots were taken without q ma.
terial change in the result. on the forty-nnth
ballot Franklin Pierce was nominated in order
to break the deadlock He served one term.
In 1867, when Mr.. Buchanan was inaugurated,
General Cass became his Secretary of State.
He was an advocate for compromise during the
secession movements and framed the Critten.
den resolutions, He was not rs vigorous in his
opposition to the views of Buchanan as his
friends in the North hoped he would be, and it
is said th9t he did not openly disapprove the
Presidents message in which the power of the
Government to save its own life was denied.
Eight days after the publication OF the mes.
sage he reasserted the views that he held dur
ing notification times, and when the President
declined to reinforce Major Anderson in Fort
Sumter, he resigned from the Cabinet His
good feeling for the South did not reach to the
point OF sympathy with treason and secession.
After public career OF more than half q CEN
tury, Lewis Cass retired to his home and watched
with interest the great civil war. He was too
old to participate in it in an active way, but not
too old TO encourage the Union soldiers with his
words. His heart was not with the armies o,
the North hut he felt the pride OF q soldier and
patriot in their victories. He lived to see the
struggle closed, the Union saved and peace re
stored. In 1866 he died on the 18th day OF June
Probably no other American has had so long
public career.
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WORDS OF APPRECIATION.
Profusoness in the Inspiring Things of Life
Grace Worthy of Cultivation.

Grace Worthy of Cultivation.
Nowhere are words of appreciation
so seldom given rs in the immediate
family circle. To the stranger within
and without the gates are given words
of praise, of encouragement. Like the
little acts that help to make life beau
tiful, they are seldom offered where
love is deepest and interest unflagging.
We take too much for granted that our
joy and pride in work accomplished, in
effort made, are known aud under
stood. a walk through a graveyard,
where words of appreciation re carved
in stone, rouses the question: rs lhis
an act of penance? are they carved in
stone to make known fact that was
never told to hungry heart or listening
ears? The adamantine walls that pride
builds, and builds without n gate, in
some family circles, keeping far apart
or misunderstood souls that were made
for each others inspiration and help,
is one of the sorrowful facts of life.
How often word of praise would
stimulate feeble thought into action!
How often the indifference and half
concealed ridicule kills the effort that
would result in creating influence and
character! They of our own house
hold have the first and dearest right to
the best there is in us, the best we have
to give.
Dr. johnson numbered among his
friends an exceedingly bright and
clever woman who was abused and
treated with the greatest indignity by
her husband. When he was dying he
said to his brother: "John, have in
jured an angel; an angel who never
reproached me-" 1t is said that n look
of unutterable happiness passed over
her face when she heard the remark,
and though she lived twenty years after
she never ceased to regard him as q
marvel of tenderness. A sentence
wiped out years of actions that would
have killed an ordinary affection.
Economy is an excellent family trait
but let it be confined to the material
things of life. In the spiritual, the
loving, the inspiring things of life,
prodigality is n grace to be admired
and cultivated. - Christian Union.
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General Taylors chances for election were
exceptionally good because Lewis Cass did not
command the undivided support OF his party
The bolt made from him was the beginning OF
the whole mugwump notion. The latest writer
OF note speaking OF tho bolt from Cass, says:
General Cass had been nominated for the
Presidency, but his militia title had no glamour
OF carnage about 1t, and the secession OF the
New York Anti i-Slavery Barnburners' from the
convention was presage OF disaster which was
fulfilled in the following August by the assem-
bling OF the recusant delegates at Buffalo,
where they were joined by q large number of
discontinued Democrats and Liberty men,
and tho Frcc'soil party was organized for its
short but effective mission Martin Van Burcn
was nominated for President, and Charles
Francis Adams was associated with him on the
ticket The great superiority OF caliber shown
in the nominations OF the mutineers over the
regular Democrats was also apparent IN the roll
OF those who made and sustained tho revolt.
When Salmon p Chase, Charles Sumner,
Preston King, the Van BurcnB and Adamses
John u, Hale, Henry Wilson, William Cullen
Bryant David Wilmot and their like went out
of their party they left vacancy which was
never 10 be illed IL was, perhaps, an instinct
rather than any clear spirit OF prophecy which
drove the anti'slayery Democrats out OF their
party and kept the Whigs together, So far as
the authorized uttcrances OF their conventions
were concerned, there was little 10 choose be.
tween them' ihey hau Dolh eVaded any pro-
fossion OF faith In regard TO slavery The Dem.
ocrats had rejected tho resolution offered by
Yaneey, committing them to the doctrine OF
''non'interferenoe with the rights OF prop
erty in the Territories" and tho Whigs had
never allowed the Wilmot provso to bo voted
upon.
Mr., Cass had greater reputation for states.
manship and intellectual requirements than
General Taylor, but he had TO contend with
a division in his own party and was beaten.
Now York was tho battle-ground IN a large
degree, and Van Buren, received enongh votes
In tho free States to turn the scale In favor OF
Taylor,
In 1910 General cass was again on the floor OF
the Senai B, and during his whole term OF sery-
ice in that body he was prominent and infu.
ential member, He was siouily In favor OF com.
promise measures on the slavery question and
opposed The Wilmot proviso though he bad
been Instructed by the Michigan Legislature 10
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,upnort 4, no dId no. voto for N. .ssItivo

support II. He did not vote for the ssgitive
slave law.
In 1859 ho was again q candidate for mo nom.
innton for tho Presidency but was defeated
by Franklin Pierce.
Tho contest for tho nomination was n spirited
one. Cass and Buchanan were tho leading can.
didatos, but they had been 80 long before tho
public that there was some demand within the
party for now man. At this junoturo the zeal
Gus friends of stephen a. Douglas advanced his
claims with vnst deal OF energy. Thoybought
an organ, tho Democratic RcUi.,c, and com
mcncod bittor attack upon all the other can.
didatcs They called them "old fogics,' and
declared that they must make room for nom
inoe OF "Young America" The virulence OF tho
attack upon Cass Butler, Marcy and others
soon created widespread dlssension In the DEM
ocratic party, and the newspapers tcemod with
personal abuse. II was Mt this time that the
phrases "old fogy" and young America" were
adopted and fixed in the slang vocabulary Of
this country.
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THE COCAINE HABIT.
Effects OF tho Powerful Drug Upon Tho,
Addicted to Ita UAc.

Addicted to Its Usc.
A number Of cases of confirmed CO.
caine habit have recently been reported.
While some of them lack confirmation,
1t is certain that several physical and
mental wrecks have been caused by the
excessive use of this alkaloid. The
South American Indians, long famous
as cocoa eaters, seem as n rule not to
succumb to its effects. They use the
dried leaf, which they chew, previously
introducing small amount of alkali,
to set the cocaine free. In civilized
countries the alkaloid as a chloride is
usually employed, and is administered
by hypodcrmic injection.
The practice of using it habitually in
excess is hitherto reported rs almost
confined to physicians. Its effects upon
its victims are very sad. The brain be-
comes permanently or for period
affected, species of lunacy being pro-
duced. Just as in the case of opium
eaters, the moral nature is undermined.
One doctor was reported, so recently as
to be within the memory of our readers,
as having turned on the gas in drug
store where the alkaloid was refused
him, with the design of asphyxiating
the clerk, in which attempt he nearly
succeeded. Another doctor, within n
space of some sixteen months. has gone
insane from the cocaine habit and has
been removed to an asylum leaving his
wife also ill from the effects of the same
drug, with which he had experimental
on her
If the cases continue to multiply,
there may be room for questioning the
utility to man of the discovery of this
anesthetic, 1t is doubtful if all the
services in local anesthesia rendered
by it can compensate for the i'll it has
already done. Scientific american.
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Mr.. Goddard was several times elected to the
General Assembly, and he served In 10th
branches OF that body He had no great taste
for public life, and greatly preferred the prac
tice OF his profession.
In politics he was Wing, and warm per
sonal friend and admirer OF Henry Clay Mr.,
Godd7rds professional career was long and
active one. Fidelity To tho interests OF clients
was one OF his marked characteristics. He con.
fined his efforts largely 10 the local field and
always had so much to do there that he was not
strongly tempted To seek the larger fame that
his fine abilities as a lawyer and his command.
ing force as an advocate warranted
He was the associate and compeer OF such
distinguished men Us Chase. the elder Ewing,
Corwin, Stanberry, Vinton and Hunter and he
ranks with them. He belonged to that small
number OF able men who at that day were
thoroughly learned in the science OF law, and
who have not been surpassed by their success
hors at the bar.
The Ohio Supreme Court reports bear many
hand marks OF his professional work, con.
spcuous for Its erudition and research, and
work which gave him decided prominence
among the few men who practiced law In the
early days OF its practice In the West Mr..
Goddard's special field OF labor, however, was
the bar, where, as an advocate he was bril-
liant, graceful and logical. On many occasions
in the old days, before the haste that marks all
the business OF the day had given rise TO the
custom OF seyering instead OF untying the knots
OF logic, his feats in legal debate will always be
recalled with admiration by those who wit.
messed them. He was well known and appre-
ciated In all OF the larger towns OF Central and
Eastern Ohio.
In the public measures of the day Mr.. God
dard took an active part. His advice aud on.
couragement were largely instrumental In cnus.
ing tho construction Of the canals, the building
OF the Central Ohio railroad, and the Muskin.
gum Valley railroad.
Mr. Goddard was a master of military tactics,
and would have been an early volunteer on the
side OF fhe Union In the war OF the rebellion
had his health permitted him to enlist. His life
was devoted TO the law, and 1t was not the plan
OF Providence for him to stray from his profes-
sion. He was engaged in the practice OF law
until within one week OF bis death, which took
place on the LIST OF February, 1864.
Judge IL. N, Harrison, OF Columbus, In speak.
ing OF him, said, aftes paying high tribute 10
his professional ability, "and he was the soul OF
honorp
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Al the commencement OF the second war with
England he joined tho command OF General HUI
at Dayton, and was made Colonel OF the Third
Regiment OF Ohio Volunteers.
He led the first troops that crossed over TO
Canada, and was In command OF the detach-
ment that drove in tho British outposts at the
bridge OF Aux Cunards. He also wrote tho
proclamation that Hull addressed TO the people
OF Canada.
Shortly after this useful and distinguished
service Colonel Cass was included In that dis
graceful capltnlation, Hull's surrender.
Whom he was released on parole he went TO
Washington and made the first report OF the
affair 70 the President. He was filled with in.
dignation, and his utterances had good deal OF
influence at that time.
After he was exchanged he was promoted TO
the rank Of BrigadIor General, and took part In
the battle that resulted in the defeat OF the
British troops under Proctor
At the close OF The campaign no had won CON
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OF tho peculiar medicinal merits of uooda snrsa
parila IL fully confirmed b. tho voluntary testl
mony of Thousands who have tried IL. Peculiar ir
the combination, proportion, and preparation of its
Ingredients, pccu lar in tho extreme care with
which 1t Is put Up, Uood's Sagsaparllln accom-
plishos cures whcrn other preparations entirely
fail. Peculiar In the uncquallci good name 1t has
made at homo, which IL tower OF strength
abroad, peculiar In tho phenomenal sales it has nj.
taned, tho most popular and successf | sprnR
medicine and blood purifier before the public to-day
Is Hoods Snrsaparilla
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doubtless cause flutter of pleasurable ex-
element among the fair sex. Ladies are
always susceptible to the changes of fash
ion plate; and the more startling the de-
parture, the more earnest tho gossip over
the new mode. DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription is apositive cure for the ills which
affiict females and make their lives miser-
able. This sovereign panacea can be relied
on in cases of displacements and all func-
tional arrangements. 1t 1uilds up the poor,
haggari and dragged-out victim, and gives
her renewed hope and . fresh lease of life
1t is the only medicine fo- woman's pecu-
liar weaknesses and ailments, sold by
druggists, under positive guarantee from
the manufacturers, that it viii give salts
faction in every case, or money refunded.
Read printed guarantee on bottle wrapper.
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I he Oft Told Story

"I am glad, my child" says the mother to her cid
est daughter, TO see you improving In health so
rapidly. Hoods Sarsaparilla is doing wonders for
you, after your long and severe illness. You look
better every day"
Yes, mother, .eel so much stronger. too
Why, can play all the afternoon, and not feel
tired And tho medicine Is pleasant to take
Sister always wants n taste when am taking It,"
well, 1t is really peculiar nnd q remarkable
medicine. l have been reading its Phenomenal
Record. Every statement is fair that 1t carries
conviction. In fact.
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hoods Sarsapari!la

Gems TO be thoroughly honest and reliablc''
" gladly attest the peculiar building-up power of
Ioods Sarsnparilla For some time have been
snable to attend to business, but finally at tho re-
luest of friend uacd part Of bottle of Hoods
arsaparilla, which gave tono and strength to my
system and made me feel young as when q hoy -
GRANVILLE 4. WOODS, "a and CO Lodge street,
Cincinnati, Ohio,
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"Cute''l he echoed. "Well, don't know
as the afIettiye would haTe occurred tome
that they do their work thoroughly, yet
mako no fuss about it; cause no pain or
weakness; and, in short, are everything
that pill ought to be, and nothing that it
ant Purgative Pellets are about the cutest
little things goingr'
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The mosquito bar comes as near
being lie as anything. 1t does not
entirely bar mosquitoes, it is very thin
and it is manufactured out of whole
cloth, so to spcak,-M Y, Picayane.
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THE Government of Nicaragua has
notified the powers of Europe that the
United States will be granted no spe-
cial prcrogatiyes for the construction
of an interoceanic canal.
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Out in Manitoba they put the ther-
mometer in the oven to keep it from
going down out of sight YonkerS
STATE Slnan.
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There are now on the pension roll
of the war of 1912 only 2,945 surviving
pensioners, while there are 1879
soldiers widows. - Cincinnati Times.
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RurifieS The Flood

My daughter. II years old, had her blood poi.
soned by wearing colored hose, and troublesome
sores broke out on her feet and hands. NothinR
seemed to do her any good. We finally decided to
try hoods Sarsaparilln and after taking two bottles
she was entirely cured, as We have seen no indl
cations of impure blood since.n sins RonEnr
BAcKENsToE, Circlevillc, Ohio.
n, B-Be sure to get
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There are plenty of recipes for max
ing lobster salad, but we don't know of
any for preventing it from giving you
the nightmare. -1erds Siftings.
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TACKLE an Obstinate Cough or Cold with
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pike's ToOthache Drops Cure in one minute.
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THE best cough medicine is Piso's Cure
for Consumption. Sold every where. 25c
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"A train ran into flock of sheep in
canyon near Reno, New, recently,
and killed 100 head.
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RIGHT wrongs no man; though 1t de-
pends something on what you write.-IeIds
Strings,
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COMPLIMENTS to tailors ought as rule
to come under the head of fitting tributes.
-Aerchdut Tr1Leler
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SILENCE is golden, but a woman is per-
fectly willing to take somebody else's
word for it.-DGasville Breeze
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CouGHs AND COLDS. Those who are suf-
fering from Coughs, Colds Sore Throat,
etc, should try BRowN's BRONCHIAL
TRoCHEs. Sold only in boIeS. Price 25 cts.
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PIPING times in Germany-5Oo,0i0 meer-
Echaums made yearly.-BOstoa GIobe.
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MILD, soothing, and healing is DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy.
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IL cutting up an old cow, a butcher al
ways has hard time trying to make both
ends meat
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THE man who wears tight boots never
trembles in his shoes. .-Boston Transcripts:
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California las 6,096, COG "wool-
lies"